Question about Basic/Ait Units going to war.

[Abbott Shaull]

Okay I remember when I was going through Basic/Ait back so many moons ago, towards the end of the Cold War. One of the remarks was if the balloon had gone up the Company would of been sent to war together.

Now would this mean that that the Company Command staff with the Drill Sergeants along with the newly minted would be sent over to where ever as Company? Or would the new recruits be sent over for replacements? Never really understood what they meant by it and never really ask. Just wondering anyone would know how that would work out.

If we were sent over as Combat Company would the National Guard and Reserve members stay and get sent back to their units or would they have gone with the Company?

At the time our Training Battalion had Alpha, Bravo, Charlie, and Delta company training as Cohort for the stationing with the 7th Light Infantry Division. The company I was in Echo, so it sounded as if we went as Company we would basically go over as separate company, we were 5 week behind the rest of the Battalion too, which worked out since we received the Cohort Recycles.

Okay this leads to another question, the US Army was building Cohort units even at this time in response to Reagan Era increase of the US Army. What type of units did they build as Cohorts?

In either case it seemed to me the Cohort units would need other specialist such as supply, commo, and medical support added to the unit after they left Basic/AIT. I am sure if the Company had to go to war, we would receive some of these personnel too on our way to the theater if we weren't meant to go through as replacements.

Thank you.

Abbott Shaull